I think they look nice.

As long as it is "just for the heck of it". ;)

I'd agree that they look nice. Just don't look like a tomato should to us but wife and I are old-fashioned when it comes to tomatoes. Never cared for the taste of any of them. JMO.

Dave

I raised some Red Zebra last year and they were fantastic. Got six-eight cueball size toms off of them every 2-3 days, right up until October when the killing frost came.

Mike

They look nice and never cared for the taste of any of them as posted above, is also is the way I see them.

It's turned out that the original Green Zebra tends to cross pollinate easily hence the different colored versions for most of them.

Many years ago a friend of mine from Indiana got some crossed stuff from Green Zebra and sent me seeds for several of them and some of those same colored ones are now lisited here and there for sale.

I didn't like any of them, and I don't like any that are currently listed here and there and in the SSE Yearbook, of the ones that I've tried.

But to each their own as regards taste.

Carolyn

Seems there are 2 questions here basically:

1) What do you think of the Zebra tomatoes?

2) What do you think about growing them in a flower garden since they're supposed to be "semi-indeterminate?"

Well, first of all, what exactly is "semi-indeterminate?" My experience with Green Zebra is a minimum 6 - 7 foot tall extremely full-foliaged vine ... not one easily contained in a 3-foot cage.

Secondly, my experience with Green Zebra and Red Zebra was blossom end rot-prone, interesting looking, under productive, zingy almost tinny flavor, not at all good in salads, and only good with seafood like on a crab cake sandwich.

Lastly, the only "Zebra-like" tomatoes that I've found to have really good flavor are Pink Tie Dye and Pork Chop. Both very nice. But again, both probably aggressive enough to outgrow 3-foot cages.

Hoosiercherokee,
I only grew Green Zebra 1 summer, so that's all I have to go by, but the plant only got to be about 3'tall. This summer is from a different seed source. I think maybe just starting some of the green's and going from there.

Thanks
Melissa

Grew Green Zebra last year. Didn't care for the taste and they went from not-quite-ripe to squishy in only a couple of days. But my plants got way over 3 feet tall. The 3rd tub from the right are the Green Zebras. The white cross bar at the picture is 6ft, and the plants are at least 2 feet above that.

I think they look nice.

LOL

Flavor is subjective, and with some of the zebras degree of ripeness is an important factor, so I won't say they are any worse than many of the heirlooms I have grown. As for size, For me Green Zebra and Black Zebra were more or less full med-size indeterminant plants (4-6 ft), but the fruit size is small so you can grow them stunted in buckets, poor soil, etc and not know how big they can get. They will knock over a little store bought wire cone cage.

with green zebra,the tangy/sour flavor intesifies when they are dried, and they become quite good. not the best tomato for fresh eating or slicing ,too much seed/pulp.